Linguistic validation and cognitive assessment of the French version of the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score questionnaire

cystitis (AUC). The aim of the current study was the linguistic validation and cognitive assess-ment of the French version of the ACSS questionnaire according to internationally accepted guidelines. Methods. - After two forward translations from Russian into the French language and backward translation into Russian and Uzbek, the two original languages, the scientific committee (SC) performed a slightly adapted French version, which finally was cognitively assessed by female subjects with different ages and educational levels and medical professionals, such as nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. Results. - All comments of the female subjects and professionals were discussed within the SC and after slight, but necessary adaptations, the SC agreed on the final study version of the French ACSS. Conclusion. - Now, the linguistically validated and cognitively assessed French version of the ACSS can be used for clinical studies and practice. (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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The aim of this study was to linguistically validate and cognitive assess the French version of the ACSS questionnaire according to internationally accepted guidelines. After the translation and cognitive assessment process, the final version of the French ACSS was determined.